The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991

Infobox Album
Name = The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991
Type = box
Artist = Bob Dylan


Released = March 26, 1991
Recorded = November 1961 – March 1989
Genre = Rock, folk
Length = 229:37
Label = Columbia
Producer = Jeff Rosen
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ty5k8qctbtn4 link]
*Review-Christgau|hm2|artist=169
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobdylan/albums/album/211060/review/5945441/the_bootleg_series link]
*"Stereophile" [http://stereophile.com/musicrecordings/32/ July 1991]
Last album = "Under the Red Sky"
(1990)
This album = "The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991"
(1991)
Next album = "Good as I Been to You"
(1992)

"The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991" is a compilation box set by Bob Dylan. Released in 1991 to satisfy enormous demand for Dylan's much-bootlegged unissued material, it contains rarities and unreleased works from the sessions for 1962's eponymous debut "Bob Dylan" to 1989's "Oh Mercy".

"The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991" went gold in the US, reaching #49, and peaked at #32 in the UK.

Track listing

All songs by Bob Dylan, except where noted; Dylan claims an arranger's credit on traditional songs.

Disc one

#"Hard Times in New York Town" (December 22, 1961); "Minnesota Hotel Tape," a home tape recorded by Tony Glover
#"He Was a Friend of Mine" (November 20, 1961); "Bob Dylan" outtake; (trad.)
#"Man on the Street" (November 22, 1961); "Bob Dylan" outtake
#"No More Auction Block" (October 1962); Live at the Gaslight cafe, Greenwich Village; (trad.)
#"House Carpenter" (November 22, 1961) "Bob Dylan" outtake; (trad.)
#"Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues" (April 25, 1962) "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" outtake
#"Let Me Die in My Footsteps" (April 25, 1962) "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" outtake
#"Rambling, Gambling Willie" (April 24, 1962) "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" outtake
#"Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues" (April 25, 1962) "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" outtake
#"Quit Your Low Down Ways" (July 9, 1962) "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" outtake
#"Worried Blues" (July 9, 1962) "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" outtake; (trad.)
#"Kingsport Town" (November 14, 1962) "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" outtake; (trad.)
#"Walkin' Down the Line" (1963) Publishing demo for the Witmark Music Publishing Company
#"Walls of Red Wing" (April 24, 1963) "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" outtake
#"Paths of Victory" (August 12, 1963) "The Times They Are A-Changin'" outtake
#"Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues" (October 26, 1963) Live at Carnegie Hall
#"Who Killed Davey Moore" (October 26, 1963) Live at Carnegie Hall
#"Only a Hobo" (August 12, 1963) "The Times They Are A-Changin'" outtake, also considered for "Greatest Hits Vol. II"
#"Moonshiner" (August 12, 1963) "The Times They Are A-Changin'" outtake; (trad.)
#"When the Ship Comes In" (1963) Demo for the Witmark Music Publishing Company
#"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1963) Demo for the Witmark Music Publishing Company
#"Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie" (April 12, 1963) Poem recited live in concert at Town Hall

Disc two

#"Seven Curses" (August 6, 1963) "The Times They Are A-Changin'" outtake
#"Eternal Circle" (October 24, 1963) "The Times They Are A-Changin'" outtake
#"Suze (The Cough Song)" (October 24, 1963) "The Times They Are A-Changin'" outtake
#"Mama, You Been on My Mind" (June 9, 1964) "Another Side of Bob Dylan" outtake
#"Farewell, Angelina" (January 13, 1965) "Bringing It All Back Home" outtake
#"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (January 13, 1965) "Bringing It All Back Home" alternate take (acoustic version)
#"If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Got to Stay All Night)" (January 15, 1965) "Bringing It All Back Home" outtake
#"Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence" (June 15, 1965) "Highway 61 Revisited" outtake
#"Like a Rolling Stone" (June 15, 1965) Rehearsal in studio, original short version in 3/4 waltz time
#"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (June 15, 1965) "Highway 61 Revisited" alternate take
#"I'll Keep It with Mine" (January 27, 1966) Rehearsal in studio
#"She's Your Lover Now" (January 21, 1966) "Blonde on Blonde" outtake
#"I Shall Be Released" (Fall 1967) Basement Tape recording
#"Santa-Fe" (Fall 1967) Basement Tape recording
#"If Not for You" (May 1, 1970) "New Morning" alternate take
#"Wallflower" (November 4, 1971) previously unreleased recording
#"Nobody 'Cept You" (November 2, 1973) "Planet Waves" outtake
#"Tangled Up in Blue" (September 16, 1974) "Blood on the Tracks" alternate take
#"Call Letter Blues" (September 16, 1974) "Blood on the Tracks" outtake
#"Idiot Wind" (September 19, 1974) "Blood on the Tracks" alternate take

Disc three

#"If You See Her, Say Hello" (September 16, 1974) "Blood on the Tracks" alternate take
#"Golden Loom" (July 30, 1975) "Desire" outtake
#"Catfish" (July 28, 1975) "Desire" outtake (Dylan/Levy)
#"Seven Days" (April 21, 1976) Live performance, Tampa, Florida
#"Ye Shall Be Changed" (May 2, 1979) "Slow Train Coming" outtake
#"Every Grain of Sand" (September 23, 1980) Publishing demo for Special Rider Music
#"You Changed My Life" (April 23, 1981) "Shot of Love" outtake
#"Need a Woman" (May 4, 1981) "Shot of Love" outtake
#"Angelina" (May 4, 1981) "Shot of Love" outtake
#"Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart" (April 25, 1983) Early version of the song "Tight Connection to My Heart" from "Empire Burlesque"
#"Tell Me" (April 21, 1983) "Infidels" outtake
#"Lord Protect My Child" (May 3, 1983) "Infidels" outtake
#"Foot of Pride" (April 25, 1983) "Infidels" outtake
#"Blind Willie McTell" (May 5, 1983) "Infidels" outtake
#"When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky" (February 19, 1985) "Empire Burlesque" alternate take
#"Series of Dreams" (March 23, 1989) "Oh Mercy" outtake

External links

* [http://www.bjorner.com/91%201-6.htm#_Toc507466620 Information about The Bootleg Series]